Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Little Venice extract fan repair
Extract fan repair for Little Venice, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A whining or grinding extract motor
- An extract that vibrates through the ductwork
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Little Venice
Wherever your kitchen is in Little Venice, fan work means the extract has to be isolated, so the job is fitted around the kitchen’s hours. Evenings, overnight and weekends are all possible and there’s a 24/7 emergency line if the fan fails while you are cooking. Typical jobs include a humming noise from the fan motor and an overheating extract motor, on fan housings, bearings and kitchen extract fans.
Replacing a fan in a London building often means working at height or in a tight plant space, and in Little Venice, parking and lifting are part of that. Repairs can be done out of hours so the kitchen keeps trading.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Little Venice (W2, W9, NW8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Make sure staff know who to call if the fan fails
- Keep the area around the fan controls clear
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Never run the extract with filters missing
Where parts need ordering, we explain what that means for the kitchen until we return. The fan is completed on a return visit outside your busiest hours.
Small faults, like a worn belt, are quick to fix. Ignored, they can lead to bigger failures so early attention pays.
How the visit works
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and leave you the report. On site, the work takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. For a job in Little Venice, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- First, you tell us the symptoms: noise, shaking, weak extraction or no power.
- With the fan safely isolated, we open it up for a proper look.
- Each part is checked in turn: motor, bearings, drive, impeller and fixings.
- You get our diagnosis and a fixed quote to repair or replace.
- We fix or replace the fan, then test it running before we leave.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Related advice
Little Venice: your questions answered
Do you cover Little Venice for emergency fan repairs?
Little Venice is covered, and our emergency callout runs 24/7. Call 0345 646 2711 and tell us what the fan is doing, or not doing. Details of the make and model help us plan the repair.
Is parking a problem for work in Little Venice?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit normally gets round them.
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
How long will the fan be out of action?
It depends on the fault, but as a guide it takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. You will know more once we’ve found the fault.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. The report recommends when the next visit should be, based on use and what we found.
Which records should we keep?
Every certificate and report from each visit, filed in the maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. That’s generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Towns and villages near Little Venice
What else we do in Little Venice
Extract fans in Little Venice
Food Standards Agency records list about 1,443 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 164 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Little Venice, up to about a mile and a half out. For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. A failed fan in a London kitchen normally means a closed kitchen, so access details help us plan the repair. In Little Venice, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Westminster council. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. Getting the fan running again is the priority.
Hall kitchens near St Saviour's Church, or anywhere around Little Venice, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick. Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Ark Paddington Green Primary Academy, rather than mid-term.
Little Venice is about 1 mile west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. We provide extract fan repair for commercial premises of every kind in Little Venice and the rest of Greater London. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots.
All of W2, W9 and NW8 is within our area for extract fan repair, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You will find streets such as Harrow Road, Alfred Road and Newton Road, and we cover them all for extract fan repair. You’ll find Little Venice on the A5 and A40, so it’s easy for us to get to for extract fan repair. Other places close to Little Venice include Westbourne Green (1 mile west), Paddington Green (1 mile east), Paddington (1 mile south-east), Maida Vale (1 mile north-west) and Lisson Grove (1 mile north-east). Further out, we also cover London (4 miles east), St Pancras (3 miles east), Shoreditch (5 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (4 miles east) and Whitechapel (5 miles east).
What’s near Little Venice
In Little Venice, that means kitchens and buildings near International Community School, The Bridge House and Westminster Academy. Nearby too are Kensington Gardens (1 mile south) and Royal Society of Medicine Library (1.6 miles east). There’s a railway station in Little Venice itself: London Paddington station. Other landmarks nearby include Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases (less than half a mile north) and Kensington Arcade (1.5 miles south). The countryside around Little Venice includes Greville Place nature reserve and Campden Hill.
What affects the quote in Little Venice
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The condition of the system
- The times the site is available
- Parking and loading at the site
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
What we’re called out for in Little Venice
Grease that gets past the filters ends up on the fan. It builds up on the impeller blades unevenly, so the fan runs out of balance and the noise follows.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- A dead fan motor
- An overheating extract motor
- A fan rattling in its housing
- An old fan that needs replacing
If you run a café or takeaway near London Paddington station, a failed fan in the middle of service is exactly what our 24/7 emergency line is for.
Comparing quotes
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
What extract fan repair cannot fix
Not every problem is solved by extract fan repair, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Fan motors
- Kitchen extract fans
- Belts and pulleys